The Stanhopea Pages

** Seed/Plant/Flask Sources **

edited 17 March 2005

Seed/Plant/Flask Sources:

Listing here is provided only as a service to growers.
No particular recommendations should be inferred. Please note
that the plants are listed as they appear in the price lists/catalogs and are not necessarily taxonomically correct. If you find mistakes or outdated information, please let me know and I will correct it. Don't forget to provide the URL of the page. Thanks.

Plants of various Stanhopeas are available from Baker & Chantry Orchids, Inc., recently moved from Woodinville to Monroe, Washington. New phone number not yet available; the old number has been reassigned to a non-orchid person named Christina Camp - please do not bother her. The new owner of Baker & Chantry, since 2003, is Shannon Bolling.
Website: http://www.bcorchids.com/

Plants of at least two Stanhopea species (impressa and S. tigrina) are available from Florafest Pty Ltd,
Orchids and Exotics,
29 Darling Street (East),
Drayton, Toowoomba 4350 Australia.
[mailing address: PO Box 583 Bulimba 4171 Australia]
Website:
http://www.florafest.com.au
Phone hot line: 0412 192362 .. .. Fax: 07 4630 1102
Open by appointment only, and they no longer ship out of Australia.
"Florafest is situated at Toowoomba which is in the mountains 100 kms. West of Brisbane in the State of Queensland, Australia. At 2000 ft. elevation it has a sub-tropical environment with a cool to cold nights in winter."
This is one of the two companies that emerged when Florafest Orchids ceased trading on 31 Dec 2000. The other company is
Woolf OrchidCulture.

Plants of various stanhopeas are available from
Hausermann's Orchids, Illinois.

Plants of Acineta chrysantha, Embreea rodigasiana, Paphinia cristata, Stanhopea oculata, S. saccata, S. tigrina, and S. wardii, as well as several unidentifed species are available from Hoosier Orchid Company, 8440 West 82nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46278-1062 Tel: 317-291-6269, fax 317-291-8949. Attn: William Rhodehamel.
Website: Hoosier Orchid Company
(see also under Hybrids and Flasks)

Plants of various South American stanhopeas are available from
Orquideas del Valle, Calle 10 Norte, No.9N-31,
Cali, Colombia. Tel.: 57-2-667-4942 [Attn: Andrea Niessen].
In the United States, these plants are provided through Klehm Growers, Illinois (see above).

Plants of a wide variety of stanhopea species, including some which are relatively rare, are available from
Woolf OrchidCulture, P.O. Box 6018 Toowoomba West, Queensland Australia 4350.
Ph +61 07 46301788 Fax. +61 07 46302762
**They are willing to ship overseas**
Website:
http://www.woolforchidculture.com/main2.htm
John T. Woolf, Jeannie Woolf, and David Woolf.
"WOOLF ORCHIDCULTURE is situated at Toowoomba, in the mountains some 80 miles west of Brisbane, the Capital of Queensland in " The Sunshine State " Australia. At an elevation of 2000ft. we enjoy a cool Sub-Tropical environment, Warm nights and hot days in summer and cool to cold nights and warm days in winter, usually with crystal clear blue skies."
This is one of the two companies that emerged when Florafest Orchids ceased trading on 31 Dec 2000. The other company, which does not offer as much variety in stanhopeas, is Florafest Pty Ltd.

Flasks of various stanhopea species are available from
Woolf OrchidCulture,
P.O. Box 6018 Toowoomba West, Queensland Australia 4350; Ph +61 07 46301788 Fax. +61 07 46302762
**They are willing to ship overseas**
Website:
http://www.woolforchidculture.com/main2.htm
John T. Woolf, Jeannie Woolf, and David Woolf.
"WOOLF ORCHIDCULTURE is situated at Toowoomba, in the mountains some 80 miles west of Brisbane, the Capital of Queensland in " The Sunshine State " Australia. At an elevation of 2000ft. we enjoy a cool Sub-Tropical environment, Warm nights and hot days in summer and cool to cold nights and warm days in winter, usually with crystal clear blue skies."
This is one of the two companies that emerged when Florafest Orchids ceased trading on 31 Dec 2000. The other company, which does not offer as much variety in stanhopeas, is Florafest Pty Ltd.